Lafayette, LA – At approximately 4:50 p.m.
thirty-two year old Kevin Lee Sam was arrested inside an apartment located at
301 Birch Drive in Lafayette. Sam is Wanted by the Sunset Police Department and
St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office for 1st Degree Murder. The murder occurred on
March 27th; in early April St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office requested the
assistance of the U.S. Marshals Violent Offender Task Force (VOTF). Our Task
Force Officer’s worked alongside St. Landry Detectives in processing leads and
interviewing associates. Yesterday our work panned out when we learned that Sam
was likely staying at the Glouchester Manor apartments. After a day and a half
of surveillance, Sam was identified and we learned exactly where he was hiding.
Lafayette SWAT was requested and they safely executed the Warrant.

Along with Sam, VOTF/Lafayette SWAT also arrested sixty-one year old Donald
Robinson for a Warrant out of East Baton Rouge Parish for 1st Degree Robbery.
Also, Sam’s wife, Ashley Prejean was arrested for outstanding Warrants in
Lafayette for Monetary Instrument Abuse.

Henry Whitehorn, the United States Marshal for the Western District of
Louisiana, said, “The coordinated effort of all law enforcement to bring
dangerous criminals to justice ensures that the streets and neighborhoods of
Louisiana are a safer place to raise our children.”

The Violent Offender Task Force in Lafayette is a team comprised of full-time
law enforcement officers from the Lafayette City Marshals, Iberia Parish
Sheriff’s Office, Lafayette Police Department, St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office,
St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office, and Louisiana Probation and Parole. Further,
VOTF calls upon part-time TFO’s throughout its eight parish area. In 2010 VOTF
-- Lafayette closed over 400 Warrants, most of which were violent felony
offenses. U.S. Marshals Task Forces throughout the United States arrested 81,900
state and local fugitives on felony charges.